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Why does dosage compensation differ between XY and ZW taxa

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It is proposed that the extensive male bias on Z chromosomes is caused by the functional properties of male-adapted genes, which make them unsuitable for high expression in females, and that ZW females are dosage-compensated to a point where they have achieved enough compensation to maintain the integrity of critical networks.
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This article is published in Trends in Genetics.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 58 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dosage compensation & X chromosome.

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Are all sex chromosomes created equal

TL;DR: This work elucidate how the differences among these systems can be exploited to gain insights about general evolutionary processes, genome structure, and gene expression and suggest directions for research that will greatly increase general understanding of the forces driving sex-chromosome evolution in diverse organisms.
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Comparative sex chromosome genomics in snakes: differentiation, evolutionary strata, and lack of global dosage compensation.

TL;DR: Analysis of the genomes and transcriptomes of snake species with homomorphic and heteromorphic sex chromosomes reveals the evolutionary dynamics of sex chromosome differentiation.
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Restriction Site-Associated DNA Sequencing (RAD-seq) Reveals an Extraordinary Number of Transitions among Gecko Sex-Determining Systems

TL;DR: Support is found for the hypothesis that sex chromosome systems can readily become trap-like and it is found that adding even a small number of species from understudied clades can greatly enhance hypothesis testing in a model-based phylogenetic framework.
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How to make a sex chromosome.

TL;DR: This review considers each of these three questions in turn to address fundamental questions in the field, summarize the current understanding, and highlight important areas for future work.
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Sex chromosome dosage compensation: definitely not for everyone

TL;DR: The status of dosage compensation is surveyed to answer questions about what sorts of genes are likely to be dosage compensated, how dosage compensation evolves, and why complete dosage compensation appears to be limited to male heterogametic species.
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Lethality and centrality in protein networks

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the phenotypic consequence of a single gene deletion in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is affected to a large extent by the topological position of its protein product in the complex hierarchical web of molecular interactions.
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Sexual selection and the descent of man, 1871-1971

TL;DR: In the first full discussion of sexual selection since 1871, leading biologists brought modern genetic theory and behavior observation to bear on the subject as mentioned in this paper, and the result is a remarkably original and well-rounded view of the whole concept that will be invaluable especially to students of evolution and human sexual behavior.
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Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila.

A.J. Bateman
- 01 Dec 1948 - 
TL;DR: Epigamic selection includes the major part of what Darwin meant by sexual selection, and is introduced to apply to characters which increased the fertility of a given mating and therefore had a selective value for the species as a whole.
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X-inactivation profile reveals extensive variability in X-linked gene expression in females

TL;DR: A comprehensive X-inactivation profile of the human X chromosome is presented, representing an estimated 95% of assayable genes in fibroblast-based test systems, and suggests a remarkable and previously unsuspected degree of expression heterogeneity among females.
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Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

Richard A. Gibbs, +177 more
- 13 Apr 2007 - 
TL;DR: The genome sequence of an Indian-origin Macaca mulatta female is determined and compared with chimpanzees and humans to reveal the structure of ancestral primate genomes and to identify evidence for positive selection and lineage-specific expansions and contractions of gene families.
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